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Date Permissions Signed

5-20-2022

Date of Award

Spring 2022

Document Type

Masters Thesis

Department or Program Affiliation

Creative Writing

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts (MFA)

Department

English

First Advisor

Araki-Kawaguchi, Kiik, 1983-

Second Advisor

Paola, Suzanne

Third Advisor

Lee, Jean (Jean Y.)

Abstract

A Pound of Dirt in Spoonfuls is a collection of essays that seeks to tell stories about the body in interaction with the world, our environment, and other bodies both physical and celestial. A hybrid experimentation, Spoonfuls includes prose, poetry, and visual images to examine grief, intimacy, conception, and growth. Included in the collection is an archive of familial trauma, an interrogation of a fertility deity, a catalogue of broken bones, and a still life rendered in prose.

Type

Text

Keywords

creative nonfiction, essays, memoir, poetry, hybrid, still life, grief, eco-writing

Publisher

Western Washington University

OCLC Number

1322096884

Subject – LCSH

Creative nonfiction; Still-life in literature; Still-life painting; Families

Format

application/pdf

Genre/Form

Academic theses; Creative nonfiction

Language

English

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

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